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Churchill and the 'black dog' of depression : reassessing the biographical evidence of psychological disorder /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Attenborough, Wilfred, 1943-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2014]
Subjects:
Churchill, Winston, > 1874-1965 > Mental health.
Depression, Mental.
Prime ministers > Great Britain > Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Black dog and the problem of evidence
  • The psychology of Churchill's ambition
  • Breakdown in the Commons
  • Depressing at the Home Office?
  • Near-breakdown and capital cases
  • Churchill's black dog letter
  • Black dog after the admiralty?
  • Constrained by Lloyd George
  • Black dog or brown study?
  • Contented at the Treasury and Chartwell
  • Depression and the vision of death
  • Moran's modus operandi
  • The quest for vindication
  • Fighting against atherosclerosis
  • Doctored diary and noteworthy notebook
  • Reassessing black dog.